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In contrast to modern systems, with the 8-bit and 16-bit bolides of the 70s and 80s you could run programs directly on-the-metal without having to boot an operating system in the first place.

Why? Because a large part of the necessary functionality could be accessed directly in ROM, and you could simply bring missing routines on a floppy disk - selectively.

And that's exactly what a lot of tools made use of - UtilityDisks were born. 💾

Carl Svensson aka datagubbe has dedicated himself to the topic in very much detail. If you want to reminisce about old Amiga memories, if you want to get one or the other screen out of your own memories, or if you are completely new but also curious about the topic, you will find wonderful reading and viewing material in Carl's current article.

Enjoy. ❤️